Eric Adams: “Before I became mayor, they were closing down these…”

“No, I revitalized my. Our nightlife industry. A. By yourself. Multi billion dollar. Multi billion dollar industry. Multi billion dollar industry. Before I became mayor, they were closing down these industries where black and brown people were opening their own businesses. They were closing them down. That stopped under me. I said, we no longer going to go in and close down the heart and soul of how these businesses start and how they employ 100,000 people who are getting jobs through it.” (04:25–04:35)

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